Happy birthday to the late, great Jimmy Day!
Born on this day in 1934.

Bob Watson

From:Champaign, Illinois, U.S.

Posted 10 Jan 2019 2:51 am

Wow, cool Bluesy rendition of this classic tune.

Ian Rae

From:Redditch, England

Posted 10 Jan 2019 4:02 am

Shows, I think, that to be a great steel player you need that sense of vocal line in your soul - whether you can realise it with your actual voice is another matter - amazing! Jim, you've even adjusted the speed of your Morris Traveler GIF to match....._________________Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics mini rack and 15" cabs

Franklin

Posted 10 Jan 2019 4:38 am

Ian,

I totally agree...I also hear a musician in the 60's who was listening deeply to the pop music of his day, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Sinatra, Jazz Swing, etc...

Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?

Bob Carlucci

From:Candor, New York, USA

Posted 10 Jan 2019 8:14 am

yikes.. I had no idea Jimmy Day could sing like that... what a powerful vocal vibrato he had at his command to go along with that soulful style.. very nice..

This thread reminds me of the first time I heard Rusty Young sing as well..In his case, he had that same beautifully sweet country rock voice that everyone else in POCO had, but no one ever knew because he was always the "pedal steel player".. Steel players are like any other good musicians.. Many are multi faceted, and can be great singers/writers, and a LOT play several other instruments as well as they play steel... bob_________________I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!